Chapter 262

　　Casper

　　"Us." Jade looks between us. "Not their subjects. Not their specimens. Not their magical anomaly."

　　She reaches for my hand. Then Ethan's.

　　"The three of us."

　　The bond warms. I feel Ethan's hesitation and concern, but underneath it there is something else.

　　Pride.

　　And I understand ...